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Nixa police rescue man from house fire

A man had to be rescued from a burning house by Nixa police officers, according to information from the Nixa Fire Protection District.

According to a press release, the house is near the intersection of South Street and U.S. 160. The release said the fire started just before 10 p.m. Saturday.

The occupant, who was not named, was transported to a local hospital, the release said.

The release said it took firefighters about 20 minutes to get the fire under control, and they had it out in about an hour. The home did have a working smoke alarm, the release said.

Woman found guilty in killing of couple

EMINENCE - A southeast Missouri woman has been convicted in the killing of a couple whose bodies were found inside their burned home.

A Shannon County jury deliberated nearly five hours last week before finding 35-year-old Melissa "Lisa" Youngblood of Doniphan guilty of two counts of first-degree murder.

Man accused of ramming pawn shop

LEBANON - An ex-convict is charged with ramming his car into a Lebanon pawn shop and fleeing.

The Lebanon Daily Record reports that the Laclede County prosecutors filed five felony charges Saturday against 29-year-old James Roy Jacoby of Lebanon. It's not immediately known if he has an attorney.

Authorities allege that it all started Friday when Jacoby sought to retrieve a shotgun he had pawned. But the pawn shop staff wouldn't let him have it because a background check showed he had four felony convictions.

Jacoby is accused of twice ramming his vehicle into the store, injuring the shop owner's son and a patron.

- News-Leader Staff and Wire

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A man had to be rescued from a burning house by Nixa police officers, according to information from the Nixa Fire Protection District.